76 BULIyETiN 31 7^ 



Nuculana ovnla Con., Am. Jr. Conch, vol. i, 1865, p. 13. 



Nucula ovula Har., Bull. Am. Pal., vol. I, 1896, p. 168, pi. 14, fig. 5. 



For Lea's original description, see these Bulletins as above cited. 



This species in its varietal forms seems to be fairly well dis- 

 tributed in the Eocene series. In the more typical forms the two 

 series of hinge teeth are each somewhat curved and lines drawn 

 tangentially to the mid portions of each would intersect at an an- 

 gle of 90°, whereas a similar construction about the hinge teeth of 

 viagnijica would produce a much greater angle (compare figs, i 

 and 14). The projecting margins of the valves within the long 

 lunule make a fine distinguishing feature exteriorly. Lea's fig- 

 ure, indicating conspicuous radial striae is slightlj^ misleading. 



Type. — No. 5399, Coll. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Horizon . — Midway- Jackson stages. 



Specimens figured. — Paleont. Mus. Cornell Univ. 



St. Maurice and Claibo7'7ie localities. — Claiborne stage, at 

 Claiborne, Ala. St. Maurice stage : in large, typical form at 

 Hickory and Wautubbee, Miss. Flatter, less abbreviated poster- 

 iorly and more difiicult to distinguish from magnifica, 3 and 6 

 miles W. N. W. of Orangeburg, S. C. In form of casts, good 

 size but flat, Kinston and 17 miles above Newbern, N. C. 



Solemya alabamensis Harris, PI. 26. Fig. j6. 



S. alabamensis Harris, These Bulletins, vol. 2, p. 265, pi. 20, fig. 12. 



For original description, see reference above. The type spec- 

 imen from the uppermost Sabine beds of Alabama seems to be 

 somewhat imperfect about the umbonal region. The specimen 

 herewith figured is from 5 miles N. of Orangeburg, S. C. in asso- 

 ciation with L^itraria lapidosa. It, too, is an internal impression, 

 but the hinge characteristics are well shown, both the ridge be- 

 low the muscular scar and the nymph supporting the ligament. 



Type. — Paleont. Mus. Cornell Univ. 



Horizon. — Uppermost Sabine and St. Maurice Eocene. 



Speci7nens figured. — Paleont. Mus. Cornell Univ.; 



Localities. — Sabine : 4 miles N. of Hamilton Bluff, Alabama 

 River. St. Maurice ; Ft. Gaines, Ga. ; 5 miles N, of Orangeburg, 

 S. C. 



